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Amityville High School (credit: Google Maps)

Police: Amityville Teen Charged After Falsely Reporting Bomb Threat

According to Suffolk County Police, the female student who has not been identified left a note threatening to blow up the school.

2013/03/18

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Police: Squatter Killed In Fire At Vacant Central Islip Home

The body of a man was found in the basement after the fire was extinguished, police said. He has not been identified.

2013/01/24

Aston Barth (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Central Islip Man Charged With Murder After Cops Find Body In Closet

Aston Barth, 33, was previously arrested for robbing a bank dressed as a woman.

2012/12/25

James Sommer was arraigned in Central Islip on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

L.I. Bus Driver Pleads Not Guilty To DWAI After Crashing School Bus Into Tree Limb

The Massapequa man was arrested Monday after he crashed a school bus carrying 29 Plainedge Middle School students during a field trip in Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County police said.

2012/10/23

The scooter was stolen from the front lawn of this home in Central Islip, N.Y. (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

Suffolk County Police Seek Person Who Stole Scooter From Front Lawn Of Disabled Veteran

The 59-year-old veteran uses the $1,800 Blue Champion 3 scooter to get to and from the bus he takes to volunteer at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, police said.

2012/10/10

Mug shot of Vincent Sparagano (credit: Suffolk County Police)

Former L.I. Community Theater Director Charged With Possessing Child Pornography

Suffolk County Police arrested 42-year-old Vincent Sparagano of Lindenhurst Wednesday morning and charged him with one count of possessing a sexual performance by a child.

2012/09/05

David Boutin Mugshot (credit: Suffolk County Police)

West Hempstead Man Accused Of Molesting Boy He Met On Craigslist

The man was arrested after a police officer searching for a stolen dirt bike came across Boutin in his car with the boy. Boutin was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts.

2012/08/18

Central Islip Courthouse (Credit: www.nyed.uscourts.gov)

L.I. Housing Official Accused Of Stealing More Than $122,000 Meant For Poor People

Louis Abate reportedly entered a not guilty plea on Friday at his arraignment in Central Islip federal court. He was released on $100,000 bond.

2012/07/28

FILE - LIRR Trains (credit: CBS 2)

Driver Killed In Fiery Crash With LIRR Train In Central Islip

Suffolk County police say the driver of an SUV was killed in a fiery crash with a Long Island Rail Road train. Nobody on the train was hurt.

2012/06/11

Nassau Legislative Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt (Credit: Mona Rivera/ WCBS 880)

L.I. Lawmaker Peter Schmitt Found In Contempt By Federal Judge, Fined $2,500

A Long Island lawmaker who admitted to revealing portions of an internal investigation about police failures in a domestic-violence case that led a woman’s death was found in contempt by a federal judge on Friday. He was fined $2,500.

2012/06/09

Armando Benitez (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Former Met, Yankee Armando Benitez Resurfaces With Independent Long Island Ducks

One of the most ridiculed and criticized — yet successful — closers in Mets history is making a comeback. Good ol’ Armando Benitez has resurfaced with none other than the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.

2012/05/25

FILE - Nicholas Cosmo (right) (credit: CBS 2)

Accused Associates Of Nicholas Cosmo, Long Island’s ‘Mini-Madoff,’ Arrested

Four associates of a New York businessman convicted in a $400 million Ponzi scheme were arrested early Wednesday on charges that they pocketed nearly $38 million in commissions for their efforts in advancing the fraud, federal prosecutors said.

2012/04/25

White car witnesses say was used to run over a woman in the parking lot of the Central Islip court complex on April 17, 2012 (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Witnesses: Woman Run Over 3 Times During Wild Child Custody Dispute In Central Islip

Chaos and commotion broke out just steps from Family Court in Central Islip on Tuesday. The incident was described by some witnesses as a soap opera gone wild.

2012/04/17

Phil Datz, left, and his attorney, Robert Balin. (credit: Mona Rivera, 1010 WINS)

NYCLU Files Civil Rights Lawsuit On Behalf Of Cameraman Arrested By Suffolk Police

Philip Datz, who works for Stringer News Service, claims in the lawsuit that the Suffolk County police department engaged in a pattern of harassing journalists.

2012/04/11

Police investigating after a body was found in Manorville Hills County Park on Thursday, March 22, 2012 (credit: Mike Xirinachs/WCBS 880)

L.I. Man Arrested In Connection With Manorville Park Death

Police say a Long Island man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a Central Islip woman’s body in Suffolk County.

2012/03/24

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